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Sunday, September 17th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 71

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Tough bite - 1 small mouth for 2.8# dragging a christmas grub, weight 1/8 oz. Putah Creek, Only fished for 3 hours, got too hot so returned to AC house. Results on 9/17, fish

Saturday, September 16th, 2000

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    Water Temp: in the upper 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: left at 6:00 and got there at 8:00. went strait to skiers cove and caught about seven fish. The biggest fish was about 16 inches and a lot of small ones. I was catching them off of four inche tubes, three inche grubs, and jerk baits. Only fished for three hours.
    City: burlingame

    Tips: fish slow and about ten feet of water.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 77

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: caught 25 pound spottes cat bass
    City: oroville

    Tips: use hot dogs bbqd last sunday from aunt ethels wedding

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: I WANT TO RALLY A MESSAGE TO THE LAKE PATROL FOLKS, THAT WE FISHERMAN ARE TIRED OF THE CONSTANT JET AND BOAT SKIERS SKING IN THE BACK AREA OF PUTAH CREEK. WHY HAVE A 5 MILE OR NO WAKE ZONE IF THEY ARE NOT BEING ENFORCED? PLEASE, TAKE A MOMENT TO CONTACT THE LAKE PATROL OR SHERIFFS DEPT IN THE 707 AREA CODE. MAY THIS BRING THE FUN IN FISHING BACK TO THIS WONDERFUL LAKE AGAIN...
    City: San Francisco

Sunday, August 13th, 2000

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    Water Temp: NA

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Going fishing wednesday morning . Need some imput on the lake. Taking the day off of work to try to beat all the ski boats and all those damm jet skies. sreious bass fishermen send me a e mail by wednesday morn. to give me the scoop. Heard bad things about the fishing on the lake . hard to believe if you know whats up ! Hope to hear a report THANKS PLASTIC MAN
    City: Elmira

Monday, August 7th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 78-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: been fishin' berry the last couple of weeks..have been able to graph lotsa bait and some fish...had two outings of 6 hrs each that resulted in 4-5 fish, mostly smallies up to 2 lbs. my fish have been coming from 15 to 40 ft using a split shot or carolina rig with a little bit worm or baby brush hog. use your electronics (no use fishin' where they ain't) and when you find a few marks on the bottom either dead stick your bait or try shakin'. IF ANYONE HAS ANY TIPS on NIGHT FISHING at this lake i'd appreciate it....good fishin'!
    City: orinda

    Tips: use your electronics...find the fish first...they are not really aggressive,but if you lucky you can entice one or two of them to grab on....they are very full of shad.

Sunday, August 6th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 78+

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished pleasure cove area sat & sun. tried top water,crank baits,spinner baits, and plastic worms. only caught one 3" bass on a white roostertail.tried trolling for trout with kastmasters and mini apex 10-40' down in the deeper areas,no luck. also tried night fishing for cats. no luck there either. ended up using bread balls to catch a couple of 4 pound carp. the area was in a no wake zone,but still alot of boat traffic and swimmers.

    Tips: go swimming or water skiing

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. CAPEL COVE, FREE LAUNCH. TEAM EVENT, BRING YOUR PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM, NICE TROPHIES, PAYS THREE PLACES AND TWO BIG FISH. E-MAIL FOR ANY OTHER INFO. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
    City: WALNUT CREEK

    Tips: HAVE'NT BEEN THERE IN A MONTH OR SO. I WOULD DART HEAD SOME WORMS OFF THE DEEPER ROCKY POINTS, TOP WATER EARLY, MAYBE A CR BABY BRUSHOG, STAY ON THE POINTS WITH THE WIND ON 'EM.

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    Water Temp: N/A

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: EAST BAY BASS CLUB TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. CAPEL COVE, FREE LAUNCH. TEAM EVENT, BRING YOUR PARTNER. $40.00 PER TEAM, NICE TROPHIES, PAYS THREE PLACES AND TWO BIG FISH. E-MAIL FOR ANY OTHER INFO. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
    City: WALNUT CREEK

    Tips: HAVE'NT BEEN THERE IN A MONTH OR SO. I WOULD DART HEAD SOME WORMS OFF THE DEEPER ROCKY POINTS, TOP WATER EARLY, MAYBE A CR BABY BRUSHOG, STAY ON THE POINTS WITH THE WIND ON 'EM.

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: EAST BAY BASS TOURNAMENT, BERRYESSA, SATURDAY AUGUST 12TH. LAUNCH @ CAPEL COVE. SIGN UPS 4:30-5:00 AM. E-MAIL FOR MORE INFO.
    City: WALNUT CREEK

Thursday, August 3rd, 2000

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    Water Temp: hot above 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went up to Putah Creek, Not a single bite, new guy has camped out along that stretch. I think he is spooking the fish. He jet skis all day, probably thru the summer. Forget it. Going to Sonoma for the rest of the year....
    City: San Francisco

    Tips: Tell that camper to move out...

Monday, July 10th, 2000

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Hi everyone, I am fishing a tournament at berryessa on 7/15/00 and didnt have a chance to pre-fish. Can you email me some tips and pointers. All tips and suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
    City: Citrus Heights

Friday, July 7th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 73

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Left Markley Cove at 6:30 am yesterday morning, which seemed more like a morning in early April rather than July. Water temp has to have dropped about 6-8 degrees. I expected to catch a lot of small fish with my clients because of the week of cool weather. but instead, we only caught 13, but the best 5 were nearly 10 lbs, topped by one of my client's 3-5 largemouth at 1:30 in the afternoon. What a way to end the trip! He had just caught a 2-3 largemouth about an hour before. Both were caught on #1 Magic Worms - original green weenie, 4 1/2". Other client had a nice 2-1 smallie on a #62 Magic Worm. The topwater bite turned on at noon - believe it or not!! Water had to warm up a bit I guess. We caught 4 on Chug Bugs, but only one keeper. I intended to fish the main lake, but never made it out of the narrows!! I always target big fish areas, and I think it paid off yesterday. One of the bonuses yesterday was that most of the bigger fish made spectacular leaps out of the water - they were frisky!!! That is a thrill for a guide, as long as the client can keep 'em on!!!
    City: Yuba City

    Tips: Crankbait, grub and jig bite did not happen yesterday for us. The lake has had a bit of bloom - a green tint - at least in the narrows. Should make fishing a little easier. Target isolated brush - it all has some fish in or around it.

Sunday, June 18th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 71-75

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished last monday and tuesday. over the 2 days my dad and i caught 45-50 fish. Almost all of them on soft plastics. We were using a Carolina Rig from about 2-20 feet of water. Got a few fish on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. 20 of the fish were from 1.0 to 1.5 pounds. not any big ones. We are going to fish this monday and tuesday also. hopefully we will catch the same amount.
    City: Santa Rosa

Thursday, June 1st, 2000

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    Water Temp: 70

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Perfect day - low winds, low 80's, lots of fish. Took 6 bass, to 3 1/2 lbs mostly on 6" brown salamander with yellow tail. Took a 4 lb cat on plastic and an 8+ lb cat on a live minnow. 3 good sized Largemouth east of the Pope Creek bridge, and a really nice smallie from a little island in the Narrows, lake side. The big cat was from the east shore. Lots of bites - wish I was still out there. Tight lines!
    City: San Carlos

    Tips: Texas rig, pretty continuous retrieve, just dragging on the bottom.

Saturday, May 27th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished out of Markely Cove 6:30 to 10:00am - Nailed 7 (2 Smallies,2 Largemouths and 3 spots) for 14lbs. Used a White Zoom Fluke near submuged brush and drop offs.
    City: Davis

Saturday, May 20th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 69-76

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished a club tournament out of Cappell. I had one blowup on a spook in the morning, but the fish didn't eat it. Tried cranking in the morning and that was not productive for me either. My partner tried worms and had no luck with them either. Started fishing 3/8 ounce brown/olive football head jigs with watermelon/red flake Yamamoto grub trailers and started catching fish. We saw a few fish on beds, but fewer than last week. Steep banks with isolated structure (rocky points, wood, or rock slides) were most productive. Fish were in 3-10 feet of water.
    City: Brentwood

    Tips: The bite improved in the afternoon, seems that the full moon caused the bite to be better in the afternoon. Heard there was an afternoon crank and spook bite.

Friday, May 19th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 70-74

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Out of Monticello,10AM. Had a 5 fish limit in 45 minutes on a rip/fluke bite. 6-8 lb total. Slow til 4pm, mostly dinks. Tied on a 6" predator blue ghost(dark)worm. Caught 5 or 6 good size biggest went 7 lbs, 24 1/2". Decent day, about 20 fish total, 1/2 smallie/1/2large. Good fluke/topwater in the evening. I fished 6lb test w/worms. Hope it helps.

Friday, May 12th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 60-64?

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Caught a 21 inch, 5 pound-5 ounce largemouth on a cherry seed Zoom 5" lizard on Cinqo de Mayo! Caught it on the first cast after spotting it as I walked up to a big laydown tree. Caught it at 11:30AM and then fished 3 other spots with no more fish. It got very windy as the day went on.
    City: napa

    Tips: Lizards and brush hogs really can't be beat for nailing quality fish this time of year. After going back and reading all the fishing reports from 1999 I can see that I need to break out my brown or green plastic worms with chartruese tails if I want to keep catching fish as summer approaches. Crawdad cranks and white spinnerbaits have been the main fishcatchers for me over the last 2 years. And as those hot days arrive don't forget to go early and use the best topwater lure ever made........the Chug Bug! Good luck.

Monday, May 8th, 2000

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    Water Temp: 64-68

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Started on east side near farm house and caught 5 fish to 2-lbs using 4" pumkin-chart tail. fished west side north of Spanish and Caught 6 more, also to 2-lbs using a witches tea-chart tail. Saw several big fish, would not look at anything. could not get any crank bait or ripin bites. Caught 4 more in cappel cove on the same plastics.
    City: Fairfield

    Tips: Seems like down sizing a bit is working for numbers. Couldn't buy a big fish.